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he was willing to make that the obama administration has not been willing to make. the reason obama administration has not been able to make this commitment because it will require troops on the ground. >> al, you cover of business news. i was fixated on donald trump's even more exaggerated goals for where he wants dged growth in this country. >> even conservative economists who looked at your plan saying the numbers don't add up and your idea and you talked about 25 million jobs created. >> i have just left high representatives of india, they are growing at 8%. china is growing at 7% and after them is a catastrophic lilo number. we are growing our last report and it is right around the 1% level and i think it is going down. >> it is interesting. you and i of the last conversation that you and i had after donald trump spoken in new york at the new york economic club that says he wants economic growth to be at 4%. this is a bit hard for people to get their heads around because we don't think of gdp in this country, it is at 1%. to get it to 4% is virtually impossible
he was willing to make that the obama administration has not been willing to make. the reason obama administration has not been able to make this commitment because it will require troops on the ground. >> al, you cover of business news. i was fixated on donald trump's even more exaggerated goals for where he wants dged growth in this country. >> even conservative economists who looked at your plan saying the numbers don't add up and your idea and you talked about 25 million jobs...
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what about president obama? is anything scheduled yet? because we haven't seen him taking an overtly political role. >> congratulations on your lifetime achievement award. i called president obama and we had a great discussion and we are very thankful and excited that he's going to help us out in 2017, so we look forward to the details of that. >> so you haven't scheduled anything yet? >> no, we haven't scheduled anything yet. >> when you run against gillespie, the president's popularity is still below water in virginia, but it's famously a state that's part southern, part not, you got federal workers, and military installations in the tide water. is it a referendum on donald trump? >> well, i think andrea when we listen to virginians we have worked very hard here. we have had great success, we have had close to 200,000 jobs in the commonwealth of virginia. unemployment is the lowest it's been in nine years, so people want a job in west virginia. everybody's going to have a day where they get sick and want to go see a provider, i'm a pedi
what about president obama? is anything scheduled yet? because we haven't seen him taking an overtly political role. >> congratulations on your lifetime achievement award. i called president obama and we had a great discussion and we are very thankful and excited that he's going to help us out in 2017, so we look forward to the details of that. >> so you haven't scheduled anything yet? >> no, we haven't scheduled anything yet. >> when you run against gillespie, the...
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why this sort of bizarre fixation on what obama didn't do. why not seize the steering wheel and drive our own government in the direction of ridding russian influence from our democracy. what are people in the national security infrastructure have to say about the president's bizarre reflexes on russia? >> look, i mean, they are all watching this the same way you and i are. number one, that donald trump is obsessed with the russia investigation. and clearly he will do anything change the subject. this meets a all of our definition of extraordinary to blame president obama. so it is jaw dropping, even by the standards of president trump. but i think joel is right to point out. let's look behind the rhetoric and the tweets, which are crazy. you have the president saying he wants to blame his predecessor for something happened. >> jim comey had never had a conversation with the president about the investigation into russia. what's wrong with them? >> i guess they are busy with other matters. first of all, this is serious stuff. president trump,
why this sort of bizarre fixation on what obama didn't do. why not seize the steering wheel and drive our own government in the direction of ridding russian influence from our democracy. what are people in the national security infrastructure have to say about the president's bizarre reflexes on russia? >> look, i mean, they are all watching this the same way you and i are. number one, that donald trump is obsessed with the russia investigation. and clearly he will do anything change the...
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i personally believe obama mishandled the russian government on many issues, on syria, on ukraine, on calling them a marginal power in decline. but there's a big difference between saying we want to fix the relationship and saying actually, our relationship with russia should be at least as good as our relationship with germany, ainge ngela merkel. people didn't understand why the bromance of trump with russia, the very fact that the national security adviser was forced out on the basis of this which itself is unprecedented in the first 30 days of the administration brings the questions. if trump wanted to distract, much better to distract with other shiny objects that have nothing to do with russia than -- >> wiretapping that just brings us back. >> i think it's a saturday morning, there's no oversight, he sees something, hears something, he's not spending a lot of time -- he's shooting from the hip. the fact is he can get himself in a hole. >> i know you follow what goes on in russia, too. today donald trump tweeted, i don't know if we got it but he tweeted under obama all these thi
i personally believe obama mishandled the russian government on many issues, on syria, on ukraine, on calling them a marginal power in decline. but there's a big difference between saying we want to fix the relationship and saying actually, our relationship with russia should be at least as good as our relationship with germany, ainge ngela merkel. people didn't understand why the bromance of trump with russia, the very fact that the national security adviser was forced out on the basis of this...
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and now michelle obama reveals more and it is striking a wchor with millions. >> reporter: michelle obama sharing intimate new details about her family and fertility, revealing her miscarriage before giving birth to her daughters through invitro if earthizatife. >> i felt like i failed. is he in our own pain thinking that somehow we are broken. i think it is the worth thist t that we do as imwith, not share the truth about our bodies and how they work and don't work. >> and while her marriage seemed picture perfect on the outside, that wasn't always the case. she opened up about the counseling sessions that helped them through the low points. >> i know too many young couples who struggle and i want them to know that michelle and barack obama who have a phenomenal marriage and who love each other, we work on our marriage. and we get help with our marriage when we need it. >> the former first lady also referencing the current one, and how when they melt after the 2016 election, obama told melania trump she is just a phone call away. >> has she reached out to you and asked for any help? >> n
and now michelle obama reveals more and it is striking a wchor with millions. >> reporter: michelle obama sharing intimate new details about her family and fertility, revealing her miscarriage before giving birth to her daughters through invitro if earthizatife. >> i felt like i failed. is he in our own pain thinking that somehow we are broken. i think it is the worth thist t that we do as imwith, not share the truth about our bodies and how they work and don't work. >> and...
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we're going to see former president obama on the trail where you are tonight in nevada. and democratic incumbents are looking vulnerable the races for governor and senate there. they're hoping president obama perhaps the party's biggest star, can give them a boost. what's the level of concern among democrats there now? >> former president obama who won nevada in both of his elections for presidency, he's coming down tonight. he's going to be with john legend and they want to energize voters. when you look at the latest poll numbers, the reason why democrats are worried, you have two very different races here. the race for the governor's seat, governor democratic incumbent looking weak against republican. one of the latest polls from "the new york times" found lombardo has a four-point lead. that's one race, but the other race, the race for the u.s. senate because cortez masto and the republican is a tie in that poll. why are these different races? the race for governor, the candidate on the republican side has been more moderate. not supporting the messages from donald t
we're going to see former president obama on the trail where you are tonight in nevada. and democratic incumbents are looking vulnerable the races for governor and senate there. they're hoping president obama perhaps the party's biggest star, can give them a boost. what's the level of concern among democrats there now? >> former president obama who won nevada in both of his elections for presidency, he's coming down tonight. he's going to be with john legend and they want to energize...
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fellow obama alum just sullivan as national security advisor. president-elect biden says he wants to rejoin that deal after president trump backed out of it. although doing so could prove difficult. they also tapped an envoy for climate change. another agreement that president trump backed out of. that biden has nowed to rejoin. other picks include the first latino, and avril hanes will be the first director of national intelligence. michigan and pennsylvania are now moving to certify joe biden's victory at soon as today. first lelts go to the cabinet picks and what they mean. give us the surface view a little more for us. what can we expect? >> i think it is particularly interesting and sbruinstructive. it is part of the world when he says america is back. he is signaling that restoring america's standing on the world stage is a primary goal. i which this was an original thought, but this could be, if you look at those six faces, what a third obama administration would have been if there could have been. the deputy homeland security secretary a
fellow obama alum just sullivan as national security advisor. president-elect biden says he wants to rejoin that deal after president trump backed out of it. although doing so could prove difficult. they also tapped an envoy for climate change. another agreement that president trump backed out of. that biden has nowed to rejoin. other picks include the first latino, and avril hanes will be the first director of national intelligence. michigan and pennsylvania are now moving to certify joe...
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they're getting the stage set for president obama. monica alba, thanks to you as well. >>> this final week on the campaign trail coincides with what is the highest rate of coronavirus infections since this pandemic started. here are the latest facts at this hour. another 72,000 cases were added monday alone. factor that in with what they've seen over the last week and the seven-day average is now 75,000, the highest it has ever been. texas has now tied california for the most cases in the country at more than 900,000. cases are increasing at a faster rate in the lone star state. nearly 20% over the past two weeks. this morning, a new cdc study is shedding light on the toll for health care workers. of the 190,000 who have contracted the virus, 67% had close contact with covid patients, and more than one-third of those workers were nurses. joining me now, dr. shoshana ungerleider from california pacific medical center. dr. ungerleider, i mentioned the seven-day average of cases now at an all-time high. hospitals in every region of the c
they're getting the stage set for president obama. monica alba, thanks to you as well. >>> this final week on the campaign trail coincides with what is the highest rate of coronavirus infections since this pandemic started. here are the latest facts at this hour. another 72,000 cases were added monday alone. factor that in with what they've seen over the last week and the seven-day average is now 75,000, the highest it has ever been. texas has now tied california for the most cases in...
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the trump administration ready to overturn another obama era initiative. guidelines on how to consider the race of a student applying to get into college. part of a conservative campaign against affirmative action that a new supreme court justice could have a major impact on. also, desperate rescue. crews working to try and free those 12 boys and their soccer coach, trapped in a thailand cave. the complicated mission that could leave them in that cave for three or four months before they are free. and protesting pruitt. a woman insisting the embattled epa administer resign interrupts his dinner. two of his aides are reportedly telling investigators about some of his most controversial decisions so far. we'll get to those. but we start with the trump administration planned roll back of affirmative action in higher education. the administration is prepared to abandon an obama era policy that called on universities to consider race as an admissions factor. attorney jeff sessions last fall called on the justice department to re-evaluate the policies that he be
the trump administration ready to overturn another obama era initiative. guidelines on how to consider the race of a student applying to get into college. part of a conservative campaign against affirmative action that a new supreme court justice could have a major impact on. also, desperate rescue. crews working to try and free those 12 boys and their soccer coach, trapped in a thailand cave. the complicated mission that could leave them in that cave for three or four months before they are...
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this is something president obama also did. president obama sent troops to the border. 1,200 national guard troops. why is it different this time around? >> my recollection when president obama sent about 1,000 national guard men and women to the border, we were understaffed and undermanned with customs and border patrol officers. they are having difficulty filling all those positions. so what we ought to be doing is making sure now that the authorized number, that we are doing whatever we need to do to hire and train people to fill those positions. there's different training with customs and border protection that we use as national guard. i was chairman of the national governors association, so i have familiarity with the national guard. this is just very different. the idea we can somehow freeway them down there for a couple weeks, good luck. besides that, the number of people trying to get into this country is down. what we ought to be doing is using the money we provided in the budget for forced multiplers, technology. >>
this is something president obama also did. president obama sent troops to the border. 1,200 national guard troops. why is it different this time around? >> my recollection when president obama sent about 1,000 national guard men and women to the border, we were understaffed and undermanned with customs and border patrol officers. they are having difficulty filling all those positions. so what we ought to be doing is making sure now that the authorized number, that we are doing whatever...
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isis is honoring president obama. he is the founder of isis. he's the founder of isis. he's the founder. he founded isis. >> peter other than that last one, the others were relatively mild in terms of what he said about those people. the way he's gone after brennan or eric holder on twitter is far more extreme than he says in those rally stages. there were instances during the campaign where there was a new hampshire staffer for the campaign who talked about how hillary clinton should be executed by firing squad. ashley and john, you know this because you were on the campaign trail as well. he would advocate for his supporters to punch protesters in face. he would pay their legal bills. everybody knows that. he revelled in this pugilistic environment that was created at his rallies. i don't really understand how the white house can completely exonerate itself from any sort of responsibility for what's going on in politics and the country today. s >> you're exactly right. he's not the kind of president who like his predecessor gave lip service to the idea of being unifie
isis is honoring president obama. he is the founder of isis. he's the founder of isis. he's the founder. he founded isis. >> peter other than that last one, the others were relatively mild in terms of what he said about those people. the way he's gone after brennan or eric holder on twitter is far more extreme than he says in those rally stages. there were instances during the campaign where there was a new hampshire staffer for the campaign who talked about how hillary clinton should be...
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president obama weighing in on his successor as well. with my bladder leakage, the products i've tried just didn't fit right. they were too loose. it's getting in the way of our camping trips. but with a range of sizes, depend fit-flex is made for me. with a range of sizes for all body types, depend fit-flex underwear is guaranteed to be your best fit. ...to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. [grunting noise] i'll take that. 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. ensure max protein. in two great flavors. about medicare and supplemental insurance. medicare is great, but it doesn't cover everything - only about 80% of your part b medicare costs, which means you may have to pay for the rest. that's where medicare supplement insurance comes in: to help pay for some of what medicare doesn't. learn how an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by united healthcare insurance company might be the right choice for you. a free decision guide is a great place to start. call today to request yours. so what ma
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mat t he is getting high level push back under president obama and the husband of kellyanne conway. they say anything mr. whitaker does or trying to do is invalid. >> some things don't match up with recent reporting. >> matt whitaker, i don't know him. he was always ek trextremely hi thought of. i didn't know him. he worked for attorney general sessions. >> so stephanie and i always wonder about easily provable lies. he said he knew him and said he frequently visited the oh value office and said to have an easy chemistry with mr. trump. >> so again, when the president says the media is out to get him. it's negative bias she and i said you're a liar. >> except for the fact that the president of the united states. >> he is lying. >> he is lying again. >> we are white house reporter for the l.a. times. a bigger question than whether the president is lying. a big are question about whether people write about matt whitaker not being in his position. what would anyone do about it anyway? >> the president saying he doesn't know matt whitaker. why would you appoint him to be the acting atto
mat t he is getting high level push back under president obama and the husband of kellyanne conway. they say anything mr. whitaker does or trying to do is invalid. >> some things don't match up with recent reporting. >> matt whitaker, i don't know him. he was always ek trextremely hi thought of. i didn't know him. he worked for attorney general sessions. >> so stephanie and i always wonder about easily provable lies. he said he knew him and said he frequently visited the oh...
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it's also not in obama's nature to do that. i think he knows that his best value he can bring to the table is campaigning for democrats, going into the midterms, and hopefully giving democrats the opportunity to actually have some level of control, whether it's taking back the house, senate or both. i think that's where he knows his value is. i will say, as a democrat, i do miss having that one central figure who can punch back on trump, who's out there, aggressively, every day. we've got a lot of voices but we don't have that one person who's really out there sort of representing collectively all the democrats. i think once democrats do have control back of one chamber, we'll have that. >> let's play one more sound bite from today's speech about reality. >> we have to actually believe in an objective reality. this is another one of these things that i didn't think i had to lecture about. you have to believe in facts. without facts, there's no basis for cooperation. if i say this is a podium and you say this is an elephant, it'
it's also not in obama's nature to do that. i think he knows that his best value he can bring to the table is campaigning for democrats, going into the midterms, and hopefully giving democrats the opportunity to actually have some level of control, whether it's taking back the house, senate or both. i think that's where he knows his value is. i will say, as a democrat, i do miss having that one central figure who can punch back on trump, who's out there, aggressively, every day. we've got a lot...
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what's good for the goose. >> now that we're in power we're going to do to you what you did to obama. if you say this is a political attack, we'll be able to point to the not so distant past. >> so successful against obama. it didn't give short term success. let's have the -- i'm struggling what calling what happened in the midterms. i look at indiana. i look at missouri. i look for any race that democrats won that you're like how the heck did that happen. there's none of those. it was a wave in certain parts. it was a wave in suburban counties up and down the ballot but it didn't spread. how would you describe it? >> i think that's right. even the surprises, oklahoma five, south carolina. they were part of a trend that was building. >> charleston is becoming like virginia beach than columbia. >> exactly. there's two ways of looking at it. the democrats are grabbing seats they should have had but why can't they extend further. what a wave would be is you win everywhere. if they are holding these urban centers or semi urban centers, why isn't it extending further out? i think this reas
what's good for the goose. >> now that we're in power we're going to do to you what you did to obama. if you say this is a political attack, we'll be able to point to the not so distant past. >> so successful against obama. it didn't give short term success. let's have the -- i'm struggling what calling what happened in the midterms. i look at indiana. i look at missouri. i look for any race that democrats won that you're like how the heck did that happen. there's none of those. it...
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i think he wants to win and undo things obama did. >> what does that mean? >> on trade he wants countries to bend to his will. some have. south korea, brazil, argentina. others haven't, japan, the europeans, canada, mexico. on defense he wants to be able to say i'm the one that got these countries to get up to 2%. most of these countries so far have not been willing to do so. i think there is a path, but the path is my way or the highway. and when you're talking about an institution that is as disorganized and divided as the eu or nato, the highway becomes by default where you end up. and this meeting is going to be horrible. it's going to go badly. it would be better if trump didn't go. if he sent pence and mattis which is what he did for the munich security conference last january. that meeting went perfectly well. that was the one where trump originally said nato is obsolete and said it's not. i didn't know anything. and he let the people that actually are more engaged with the allies do the lifting in fact he's going himself. this meet willing go badly.
i think he wants to win and undo things obama did. >> what does that mean? >> on trade he wants countries to bend to his will. some have. south korea, brazil, argentina. others haven't, japan, the europeans, canada, mexico. on defense he wants to be able to say i'm the one that got these countries to get up to 2%. most of these countries so far have not been willing to do so. i think there is a path, but the path is my way or the highway. and when you're talking about an institution...
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national security advisers telling president obama, quote. "the post" goes on to report how the obama team handled that intelligence. what do we know? >> we know at the top the "the washington post" has some pretty good reporters. now some of this we knew beforehand. the idea it went to putin. nbc news had reported that. president obama all but confirmed that in a press conference. in terms of the cyberresponse and attack, back in november, nbc reported they opened up the cyber command had opened up cyber doors and so called preparing the battlefield. the way "the post" advanced the story, one, they have there is a presidential finding basically an authorization to the cia to accelerate any sort of cyber response, leaving it available for the next president, president trump, pretty clear that president trump is not going to use that, in part, because he hasn't fully acknowledged that russia russia was behind and interfered with the election. on the press release the 17 intelligence agencies put out blaming russia. they pretty much named putin
national security advisers telling president obama, quote. "the post" goes on to report how the obama team handled that intelligence. what do we know? >> we know at the top the "the washington post" has some pretty good reporters. now some of this we knew beforehand. the idea it went to putin. nbc news had reported that. president obama all but confirmed that in a press conference. in terms of the cyberresponse and attack, back in november, nbc reported they opened up...
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during the obama administration, the president and his top aides negotiated rotational base access in the philippines so that the united states could have access to places like the south china sea more quickly if they needed it. and in general, it's been an increasingly strong relationship. but since duterte took office, the relationship has chilled in large part because the obama administration decided to stand back given his deeply problematic extrajudicial -- >> and then he went and criticized president obama. so that was not warm and fuzzy. >> not just the president, but others. there's the question that over the long term the united states and philippines should continue to have a mutually beneficial relationship, keeping praise on duterte himself and extending an invitation to him to visit the united states is deeply controversial for good reason. >> and president duterte according to "the new york times" says he may not accept the president's invitation to visit the white house because he was tied one a busy schedule. he said, i cannot make a definite promise and added i'm supp
during the obama administration, the president and his top aides negotiated rotational base access in the philippines so that the united states could have access to places like the south china sea more quickly if they needed it. and in general, it's been an increasingly strong relationship. but since duterte took office, the relationship has chilled in large part because the obama administration decided to stand back given his deeply problematic extrajudicial -- >> and then he went and...
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>> because obama might win pennsylvania. if he gets the most votes in pennsylvania, he gets all the electoral votes. it's the way it's worked in most of the states. >> 23, i think. >> in most of the states forever. you have to give the republicans credit, they are all about getting elected. if they can turn an election in their favor, they are willing to go for it. destroying the electoral system -- >> it's like having a new redistricting through the decade. >> exactly. >> what about breaking up the vote? it breaks up the small states. it could be counter productive. >> we'll see, except in states where they took over the legislature, we have to see what the outcome is. if you move to the new system and redistricted yourself into power, you are always going to get the vote. >> bill clinton told a group of youth activists they were trying to limit people from trying to be able to vote. let's watch the pro. here he is. >> there has never been, in my lifetime, since we got rid of the poll tax and the other jim crow burdens on v
>> because obama might win pennsylvania. if he gets the most votes in pennsylvania, he gets all the electoral votes. it's the way it's worked in most of the states. >> 23, i think. >> in most of the states forever. you have to give the republicans credit, they are all about getting elected. if they can turn an election in their favor, they are willing to go for it. destroying the electoral system -- >> it's like having a new redistricting through the decade. >>...
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the president breaking with his predecessor barack obama and his own pentagon. the pentagon continues to highlight the threat posed by climate change in various parts of the world. ali? >> let's dig in deeper. vivian salameh, political reporter and served as assistant to george w. bush's counsel, chief liaison between the council and congress, manager at beacon global strategies. good to see you both. vivian, starting with something jeff talked about. china and russia as major focus areas and potential areas of cooperation. on one level, that's true. major focus areas talking about national xusecurity. need swaupcooperation with thes countries and do. russia perhaps created the greatest threat to american security through its interference in the 2016 election. >> that's right. he continues to be a bit defiant about the need, how close we should engage with russia. he constantly asserts the fact that he is willing to engage with russia to a certain degree for strategic opportunities, whether it's thwarting terrorist attacks like the call we heard about yesterday
the president breaking with his predecessor barack obama and his own pentagon. the pentagon continues to highlight the threat posed by climate change in various parts of the world. ali? >> let's dig in deeper. vivian salameh, political reporter and served as assistant to george w. bush's counsel, chief liaison between the council and congress, manager at beacon global strategies. good to see you both. vivian, starting with something jeff talked about. china and russia as major focus areas...
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he has years of birtherism saying barack obama was not eligible to be president because he was not born in this country. opening his presidential campaign by calling some mexicans rapists. there is the central part, the five add that he took out. i want to ask one thing. i saw a lot of takes from republican analysts, republican strategists. big names in the republican party saying that donald trump is not disavowing forcefully the kkk. those are the folks that voted for him so we can't do that. is that too generous? what type of person supports the votes. what kind of perp protects the rise of white supremacists, and what kind of person says i don't want your support, stop marching in my name. >> donald trump, steve ban non, ste and gorka. we're going to be in a lot of trouble. we're reminded big picture of a president six months into his administration is unprepared to lead the country. the words he used about cc condeming anger and hate. he could lack empathy, the ability for critical thinks. the g.o.p. is in trouble under this president. >> and a really great way of putting it over t
he has years of birtherism saying barack obama was not eligible to be president because he was not born in this country. opening his presidential campaign by calling some mexicans rapists. there is the central part, the five add that he took out. i want to ask one thing. i saw a lot of takes from republican analysts, republican strategists. big names in the republican party saying that donald trump is not disavowing forcefully the kkk. those are the folks that voted for him so we can't do that....
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a frenzied push to try to show that the president has had some establiaccomplishments reversing an obama era policy on the environment earlier today. but you're right we have seen time and time again overshadowed by the foreign policy crisis. president trump saying in that interview there could be a major military conflict, holding that out there, a warning to north korea and it counters what we heard from secretary of state rex tillerson. he called for a diplomatic suspension and to ramp up sanctions. we know with senior administration officials they want this to be resolved diplomatically, but they're not taking that off of the table. we also know they have been really trying to ramp up their communication with china. inviting president xi jinping. the bulk of that time they spent together, about 80%, was one on one. the president is really trying to foster a relationship with the leader of china and he praised some of the steps that china has taken in the wake of that including suspending kroco imports to north korea. will they get it? secretary tillerson waiting to do just that. >> w
a frenzied push to try to show that the president has had some establiaccomplishments reversing an obama era policy on the environment earlier today. but you're right we have seen time and time again overshadowed by the foreign policy crisis. president trump saying in that interview there could be a major military conflict, holding that out there, a warning to north korea and it counters what we heard from secretary of state rex tillerson. he called for a diplomatic suspension and to ramp up...
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you look at what the obama administration did. they did this over eight years. they went after james rosen of fox news. they tracked his movement in and out of the justice department and my former colleague, james risen. they went after him as well. there's a long history here and a regretful one, according to some former obama administration officials. >> margaret, what is the concern here that it would have on source relationships? >> one of the regulations that the justice department has is if you can get the information in another way, a reporter is your last resort. they had all the information from his records. they went after the reporter back to her college records. >> why would they need to go back that far? >> no reason. very aggressive search of her telephone records. one person close to the committee told me that mr. wolfe targeted foreign relationships with young female reporters who were new. may have wanted to give them information in exchange for attention. in the indictment you'll notice the others are not named. i think we will come to stlee th
you look at what the obama administration did. they did this over eight years. they went after james rosen of fox news. they tracked his movement in and out of the justice department and my former colleague, james risen. they went after him as well. there's a long history here and a regretful one, according to some former obama administration officials. >> margaret, what is the concern here that it would have on source relationships? >> one of the regulations that the justice...
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. >> i want to play a little bit of munoz who dealt with this issue under obama. this is what she had to say on 60 minutes. >> they issued an order without consulting with the agencies who were responsible for carrying out that order. we take better care of people's effects when we seasoned them to jail than we took care of the children who we took from their parents. and that's because these decisions were clearly made at the top and pushed down to the agencies without thinking through the ramifications. >> so i don't know if there's a political impact or fallout from this as well. you had instances where one of the families interviewed on 60 minutes as we've been reporting on the border, the moms when they are reunited, if they're reunited and some still are not. find that these toddlers, these infants don't respond to their own parents. >> it's a horrible humanitarian crisis and it has been from the beginning of the family separation policy. and you have parts of the government right now trying to respond, trying to correct this in some way. but it's clearly no
. >> i want to play a little bit of munoz who dealt with this issue under obama. this is what she had to say on 60 minutes. >> they issued an order without consulting with the agencies who were responsible for carrying out that order. we take better care of people's effects when we seasoned them to jail than we took care of the children who we took from their parents. and that's because these decisions were clearly made at the top and pushed down to the agencies without thinking...
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this is the obama administration. 2009 to 2016. a bit of a dropoff here but fundamentally a straight line all the way up. steady gains each year hitting almost 3 million in 2014. but never dipping below the growth that we saw in 2012. so it's about on pace for the full year. let's take a look again. the economy adding a little more than 1.9 million jobs in total between obama's final month in office and president trump's first ten. so basically we're on pace with where we would have been. that's the jobs situation right now. >> slow and steady. but guess what. it's a very, very positive steady. we're moving in the right direction. the white house released a statement just a short time ago saying in part november was a great month for american workers as president trump's bold economic vision continues to pay off. with tax reform moving quickly through congress. confidence in the strength of our economy remains high and families around the country are reaping the benefits. joining us now for a closer look, our friend from cnbc don c
this is the obama administration. 2009 to 2016. a bit of a dropoff here but fundamentally a straight line all the way up. steady gains each year hitting almost 3 million in 2014. but never dipping below the growth that we saw in 2012. so it's about on pace for the full year. let's take a look again. the economy adding a little more than 1.9 million jobs in total between obama's final month in office and president trump's first ten. so basically we're on pace with where we would have been....
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. >> president obama mentioned that the polidefund the police a snappy slogan where you lose a large part of the population that will never support that. they said they tried plays the polite lang wage policy game and it just made them easier to ignore. it wasn't until they made folks uncomfortable that there was traction to do anything. >> i think president barack obama has been in a difference place than a lot of members of the party. he continued to say similar things about different issues. certainly when you look at where joe biden is on defund the police, he has been serious and clear about what he thinks needs to be done but he didn't say he want today defund the police. that is where you have a tension point. and the question that i think will be the one to ask next year is will they hold more of the moderate's feet to the fire. >> are they going to have the freedom caucus sent to the republicans. thank you so much, anna palmer. really good to have you. >>> coming up was it brain damage or severe stress? new information about what was giving american diplomats and spies sick.
. >> president obama mentioned that the polidefund the police a snappy slogan where you lose a large part of the population that will never support that. they said they tried plays the polite lang wage policy game and it just made them easier to ignore. it wasn't until they made folks uncomfortable that there was traction to do anything. >> i think president barack obama has been in a difference place than a lot of members of the party. he continued to say similar things about...
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harry reid pushing back against president obama over earmarks. the less reported, but very real tension between president obama and the congressional black caucus. it's not new. what is new, twitter makes it very public. but the message has been sent. you take a swing at me bob corker or jeff flake, i'll swing back at you. the long-term benefit of that is you get less people throwing missiles down at 1600 from up at the top of the hill. >> aside from twitter, people talk more broadly about what they want to see from the president. let's listen to that. >> what advice would you give the president? >> do what he said. make america great again. >> i would like to see him accomplish some of the things he promised during the election. if you promise that, you should deliver, right? >> we need the president to follow through with his commitments. >> if he just sticks to the issues and what he intended to do in the first place, what he campaigned on and what he promised, then i think that's enough. >> do you think, hugh, that that's what's driving maybe
harry reid pushing back against president obama over earmarks. the less reported, but very real tension between president obama and the congressional black caucus. it's not new. what is new, twitter makes it very public. but the message has been sent. you take a swing at me bob corker or jeff flake, i'll swing back at you. the long-term benefit of that is you get less people throwing missiles down at 1600 from up at the top of the hill. >> aside from twitter, people talk more broadly...
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and jen palmieri, and stephanie cutter, deputy senior adviser to president obama. what a great way to start off. geoff bennett, first, take us through the president-elect's day, what we know about the expanding team. and the big economic team announcement today. >> well, andrea, in addition to nursing his hairline fractured foot, the president-elect, as you mentioned today, is receiving for the first time since winning the election the president's daily brief. and for those who are unfamiliar, the pdb is a highly classified top-level collection of national security information and analysis. and i suspect that. db and joe biden ands have president-elect kamala harris is looking a lot different than joe biden grew accustomed to in 2007. in large part because this pdb was changed to suit president trump it's shorter and less nuanced. and the report is that when joe biden gets sworn in he basically gets to form the pdb to his own liking. the president-elect is forming the upper echelon of his economics and history making team. for the first time, the senior white house
and jen palmieri, and stephanie cutter, deputy senior adviser to president obama. what a great way to start off. geoff bennett, first, take us through the president-elect's day, what we know about the expanding team. and the big economic team announcement today. >> well, andrea, in addition to nursing his hairline fractured foot, the president-elect, as you mentioned today, is receiving for the first time since winning the election the president's daily brief. and for those who are...
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what should the obama administration have done and why didn't they do more? >> well, you know, they say hindsight is 2020, but i'm not talking from hindsight here. in real time, senator feinstein and i were urging the administration initially to make attribution to call out russia publicly on what it was doning. it was clear to in the feinstein and i that russia was the responsible party and you probably remember, that failing to get the administration to do that, senator feinstein and i issued our own statement of attribution in september. ultimately the administration did issue a statement, but only a written statement signed by two administration officials. the president himself didn't speak about this until after the election, didn't seek to impose sanctions at the time the russians were interfering. i do think that was a mistake. that was what we were urging at the time that the administration confront russia on this. it was important i think to tell the american people in very plain terms what a foreign adversary was trying to do. now i understand the r
what should the obama administration have done and why didn't they do more? >> well, you know, they say hindsight is 2020, but i'm not talking from hindsight here. in real time, senator feinstein and i were urging the administration initially to make attribution to call out russia publicly on what it was doning. it was clear to in the feinstein and i that russia was the responsible party and you probably remember, that failing to get the administration to do that, senator feinstein and i...
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but after obama wins, he abandons texas. we saw it. i saw it -- i'm a native of texas so they got away from what howard dean kept saying, a 50-state strategy. you cannot have a focus from d.c. it must be local, state, national. >> so as leadership of -- is leadership of the party going to be pew to the pulpit? i'm going to put on a few faces. this doesn't mean anything. these are people who have been big voices at the top of the democratic party elected or leaders of the party. where are we getting the next leaders of the democratic party from? because we need somebody around where the message coalesces. whether or not you like donald trump, at least we have someone to whom a message can be put forward. >> it's not an individual with a message. you don't need a leadership position to be a messenger. if you're congressman tim ryan, if you're congressman cedric richmond, congresswoman joss beatty, the question is what are you saying when you're talking, are you presenting an agenda? that what's matters. but also democrats have to underst
but after obama wins, he abandons texas. we saw it. i saw it -- i'm a native of texas so they got away from what howard dean kept saying, a 50-state strategy. you cannot have a focus from d.c. it must be local, state, national. >> so as leadership of -- is leadership of the party going to be pew to the pulpit? i'm going to put on a few faces. this doesn't mean anything. these are people who have been big voices at the top of the democratic party elected or leaders of the party. where are...
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by the way, this place has been here during the obama administration. it was criticized for the conditions during the obama administration. never before have parents been systematically separated from their children inside here at a rate of 1,000 since early april. >> the idea is, they want to deter them from coming. can you pinpoint where the migrant crisis is? when they were coming before, they were seeking asylum, then during that period, when they were being arraigned, they went and lived with friends or family members, what were they doing that was so bad that the administration thinks we now have to have these separation camps, which as you said, the conditions seem awful? even if theyweren't, they're extraordinarily expensive for the taxpayer. for the taxpayer out there who is saying, why exactly do we have these centers? a year ago, when the asylum seekers were staying with family members, what was the really bad stuff they were doing? >> reporter: look, you have to deal with people coming into the country illegally. during the obama administrat
by the way, this place has been here during the obama administration. it was criticized for the conditions during the obama administration. never before have parents been systematically separated from their children inside here at a rate of 1,000 since early april. >> the idea is, they want to deter them from coming. can you pinpoint where the migrant crisis is? when they were coming before, they were seeking asylum, then during that period, when they were being arraigned, they went and...
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barack obama loved his blackberry, and wanted to keep his blackberry in office. and now this is worse than that, three iphones. >> the guy is a fool. we're down to that. once a day it's like you got to be kidding. he doesn't read the presidential daily briefing. all the things available to him to gain more knowledge, to have a better chance at doing the job well, not giving away the store. you know, he just won't -- i'm sure there are people who told him, sir, you know you can't do that. he's like, no, i just don't believe what you say unte jen intelligence professional. here we are. >> glenn, were there some rules when you were at the agency? >> i thought back when we would run wires, title threes which would basically let you wiretap criminal organizations. >> not the oval office. >> no. there's something called tickling the wire. that means law enforcement -- >> this is a family program, glenn. >> law enforcement would intentionally inject information into that sort of series of phones they were surveilling. so what i thought of, the president is now being sur
barack obama loved his blackberry, and wanted to keep his blackberry in office. and now this is worse than that, three iphones. >> the guy is a fool. we're down to that. once a day it's like you got to be kidding. he doesn't read the presidential daily briefing. all the things available to him to gain more knowledge, to have a better chance at doing the job well, not giving away the store. you know, he just won't -- i'm sure there are people who told him, sir, you know you can't do that....
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obama eluding to one of his successor's policies. take a listen. >> in this new world we live in, we can't isolate ourselves. we can't hide behind a wall. has gotten to know our business so well that is feels like he's a part of our team. with one phone call, he sets me up with tailored products and services. and when my advisor is focused on my tech, i can focus on my small business. ♪ ♪ it's looking up, not down.ng fit's being in motion. boost® high protein it's intelligent nutrition with 15 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. boost® the number one high protein complete nutritional drink. could be preventedrrent with the right steps. and take it from me, every step counts. a bayer aspirin regimen is one of those steps in helping prevent another stroke. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. >>> this is exactly why we are on a rescue mission. between premiums surging up and choices going away, obamacare is on an unsustainable path. >> that was house speaker paul ryan there talking about
obama eluding to one of his successor's policies. take a listen. >> in this new world we live in, we can't isolate ourselves. we can't hide behind a wall. has gotten to know our business so well that is feels like he's a part of our team. with one phone call, he sets me up with tailored products and services. and when my advisor is focused on my tech, i can focus on my small business. ♪ ♪ it's looking up, not down.ng fit's being in motion. boost® high protein it's intelligent...
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and the same goes for the statement that obama's office released. both of those were not trying to create loopholes. they were pretty clear they don't believe any of this has happened. so obviously that makes it more difficult to justify the investigation. >> let's talk about the reason why, especially when you have policy that could happen again like you just mentioned, evan, the momentum again from tuesday and how he could have carried that over, but now this is what we're talking about. but it is damning on both sides. either way, it is kind of, you know, shot there, one shoot shot in the other. >> we don't know what the answer is. we don't know what the answer is because there hasn't been a lot of investigating and there has been a white house that says several different things. look, whatever the final answer is, i don't think if the situation was reversed or republican administration would accept the language of a former government official on a sunday morning talk show. it has to be a bit more formal. i'm not sure we know where any of this st
and the same goes for the statement that obama's office released. both of those were not trying to create loopholes. they were pretty clear they don't believe any of this has happened. so obviously that makes it more difficult to justify the investigation. >> let's talk about the reason why, especially when you have policy that could happen again like you just mentioned, evan, the momentum again from tuesday and how he could have carried that over, but now this is what we're talking...
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through the obama administration, through the bush administration, clinton administration, there were many actions at the wto and otherwise, where we have tried to press china on some of these issues like subsidizing their national industries, protecting intellectual property. the thing that is notable here is that this is something that every advanced economy of the world ought to be 100% on our side. as a group, we would say to china, we don't like that you're not protecting the state-owned int enterprises, let's say, are taking intellectual property and insisting u.s. or other companies turn it over if they're doing joint ventures in china. we have, somehow, taken an issue, which everyone ought to be on our side, and completely alienated them. so, china is now literally going to europe to seek their help in fighting the united states. as a negotiating tactic, this was the worst thing you could possibly do. >> i want you to stay on that. maybe you can, john. earlier this morning, the former president of mexico said, we are an ally and a trading partner. i want to say, the third bigg
through the obama administration, through the bush administration, clinton administration, there were many actions at the wto and otherwise, where we have tried to press china on some of these issues like subsidizing their national industries, protecting intellectual property. the thing that is notable here is that this is something that every advanced economy of the world ought to be 100% on our side. as a group, we would say to china, we don't like that you're not protecting the state-owned...
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there's no proof the obama administration wiretapped trump tower. so what now? >>> and a tax to grind. president trump calling the revelation of his 2005 tax return, quote, fake news, even after the white house confirmed those numbers. what we still do not know about president trump's finances and why that's so important. but we start with the bombshell implications about russian government officials, the breach of yahoo's servers exposing personal details including credit card information of at least half a billion users. the justice department releasing details just a short time ago. >> we are announcing the indictment of four individuals responsible for the 2014 hack into the network of e-mail provider yahoo. the defendants include two officers of the russian federal security service and intelligence and law enforcement agency of the russian federation and two criminal hackers with whom they conspired. >> so that's happening while the house intelligence committee looks to fbi director james comey for some answers in those possible trump campaign ties to ia an
there's no proof the obama administration wiretapped trump tower. so what now? >>> and a tax to grind. president trump calling the revelation of his 2005 tax return, quote, fake news, even after the white house confirmed those numbers. what we still do not know about president trump's finances and why that's so important. but we start with the bombshell implications about russian government officials, the breach of yahoo's servers exposing personal details including credit card...
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>>> and bush and obama, jenna bush hager and michelle obama sit down for an intimate conversation. >>> we'll start at the white house, the white house having a far more difficult time. on capitol hill today we've seen
>>> and bush and obama, jenna bush hager and michelle obama sit down for an intimate conversation. >>> we'll start at the white house, the white house having a far more difficult time. on capitol hill today we've seen
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not a priority for the obama administration? or was it more difficult for the obama administration to get these confirmed? >> yes to all three. the republicans because largely the federalist society, they're more disciplined about that. this is to some extent a white house and justice department operation. that's true in any administration when the republicans are in charge, they have the federalist society and sort of a well disciplined process at their back, and they just move more quickly on this. secondly, you have the fact that the republicans are moving more quickly. remember when barack obama in his first six years in office, he had a democratic majority in the senate. but the republicans are just -- have just decided as you say, this is a bigger deal and they're more disciplined about it and moving faster. they're just doing it more efficiently. >> right. >> this is a big win for guys like mitch mcconnell. is it not? >> yes. >> we talk all the time about how it's puzzling that so many family valuesonservatives to be okay
not a priority for the obama administration? or was it more difficult for the obama administration to get these confirmed? >> yes to all three. the republicans because largely the federalist society, they're more disciplined about that. this is to some extent a white house and justice department operation. that's true in any administration when the republicans are in charge, they have the federalist society and sort of a well disciplined process at their back, and they just move more...
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part of which -- date back to barack obama's 2008 presidential win. does anyone out there was no question the power democracy. tonight is your answer. >> many americans felt like they have never been more optimistic about the peach of the country than the night that broke obama was elected. >> i can't believe it. >> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mister president. >> not only how we've seen a viable black presidential candidate, we only see a limited number by candidates win in statewide races. a very small number of them one incentive traces. and so there wasn't a lot of reason to suspect that this would happen. and then all of a sudden, it happened. >> this former slave holding republic has demonstrated to the world, beyond question, its commitment to democracy. >> he started hearing irresponsibly exuberant statements like, we are a post racial society. >> the politics of racial grievance died tonight. >> >> and the face of that, he started hearing people kind of whispering that this won't go over well. there's going to be a
part of which -- date back to barack obama's 2008 presidential win. does anyone out there was no question the power democracy. tonight is your answer. >> many americans felt like they have never been more optimistic about the peach of the country than the night that broke obama was elected. >> i can't believe it. >> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mister president. >> not only how we've seen a viable black presidential candidate, we...
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tonight, president obama did not remove the threat. explaining the kind of military action he thought appropriate, the president took on critics. >> others have asked whether it is worth acting if we didn't take out assad. some members of congress have said there is no point in simply doing a pinprick strike in syria. let me make something clear. the united states military doesn't do pinpricks. even a limited strike will send a message to assad that no other nation can deliver. i don't think we should remove a dictator by force. think twice before using chemical weapons. >> that pinprick remark was a direct reference to this from senator john mccain a week ago. we have to have a plan. it has to be a strategy. it can not be in my view, pinprick cruise missiles. >> above all, the president was making a case for a vision america's role in the world and implored sit snz to kid what he believes is the moral responsibility that comes hand in hand with the global dominance. >> america is not the world's policeman. terrible things happen acros
tonight, president obama did not remove the threat. explaining the kind of military action he thought appropriate, the president took on critics. >> others have asked whether it is worth acting if we didn't take out assad. some members of congress have said there is no point in simply doing a pinprick strike in syria. let me make something clear. the united states military doesn't do pinpricks. even a limited strike will send a message to assad that no other nation can deliver. i don't...
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somebody said at the obama/abrams -- president obama/stacey abrams event last night, the worst thing you can do is tell black people that they can't vote. all you're going to do is produce more black voters, people will come out in bigger numbers. the fact that that's happened may be part of what's generating so much turnout here. >> right. i'm so happy that katy was able to do the interview with that woman because that exemplifies what's happening in georgia. it's not the economy, stupid, it is willful ignorance, racism and voter suppression. we see that. and just by her ridiculous commentary that african-americans can't follow instructions, i hope the viewers paid attention to that because that's what she's saying. and the subtext of the message oprah ought to go back to chicago. we hear that. your coded language is very transparent to a lot of us. a lot of us are not surprised by the suppression tactics we see. >> mike pence is from indiana, let's talk about that. when this happened, all of us are like it's our old friend racism from jim crow. we've been here and done this. that's
somebody said at the obama/abrams -- president obama/stacey abrams event last night, the worst thing you can do is tell black people that they can't vote. all you're going to do is produce more black voters, people will come out in bigger numbers. the fact that that's happened may be part of what's generating so much turnout here. >> right. i'm so happy that katy was able to do the interview with that woman because that exemplifies what's happening in georgia. it's not the economy,...
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but it's the law of the land today and at the time you repeal obama care. but, look, my friend over here will tell you that clare mccaskill is a moderate and everybody loves her. she's running an ad. her closing message is, you don't have to like her. that's literally in the ad and that's the kind of -- >> i have your friend talk about mccaskill and i want to talk about holly. you say republicans will protect pre-existing conditions. no offense here, but republicans are in control of both houses of congress. they try to repeal obamacare and they repealed part of it in the house, at least, it didn't work. they have come up with no plan to replace obamacare. that has a consensus even among their own party and no plan that would protect pre-existing conditions in a way that would make sure it's aaffordable for people to have health care that does protect their pre-existing conditions. so, when you hear republicans like josh holly say, hey, i'm going to protect pre-existing conditions, i think a lot of voters out there wonder how exactly are you going to do tha
but it's the law of the land today and at the time you repeal obama care. but, look, my friend over here will tell you that clare mccaskill is a moderate and everybody loves her. she's running an ad. her closing message is, you don't have to like her. that's literally in the ad and that's the kind of -- >> i have your friend talk about mccaskill and i want to talk about holly. you say republicans will protect pre-existing conditions. no offense here, but republicans are in control of both...
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the i asked president obama's former u.n. ambassador samantha power about that and the refugee crisis from the six-year syrian war here in aspen. >> i think that what breaks my heart about syria in addition to just every day any story you read about a syrian family is what i think "the new york times" recently described as the syrian-ization of the world. we will never know, but had we found a way and i have no -- you know, i had no silver bullet throughout, president obama was always very eager to hear solutions that sounded credible and executable and where it felt as though the benefits would outweigh the costs of the particular tool in play and nothing we argued about or lobbied for ever crossed that threshold for him beyond the things that you've seen us do, but what's crushing is to look and see how having now 66 million displaced people in the world, a third of whom are syrian, how that affected the british decision-making on brexit, you know, how fear of refugees may even have been a factor in our election in the sens
the i asked president obama's former u.n. ambassador samantha power about that and the refugee crisis from the six-year syrian war here in aspen. >> i think that what breaks my heart about syria in addition to just every day any story you read about a syrian family is what i think "the new york times" recently described as the syrian-ization of the world. we will never know, but had we found a way and i have no -- you know, i had no silver bullet throughout, president obama was...
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. >> i worked in the obama transition, you know what we were doing? we were naming our team, an assistant secretary, a senior director for the national security council to deal with russ russia, that turned tout be me. that's what the trump transition team should be focused on. we're to june and they don't have a foreign policy team in place. let alone to know what their policies towards russia should be. >> michael mcfall, thank you very much. >> coming up, the next domino to fall. who is in, who is out, as the west wing braces for a summer shake up. their leadership is instinctive. they're experts in things you haven't heard of. researchers of technologies that one day you will. some call them the best of the best. some call them veterans. we call them our team. there's nothing more than my vacation.me so when i need to book a hotel, i want someone who makes it easy. booking.com gets it. and with a book now, pay later feature, i don't have to pay for anything when i book. visit booking.com. booking.yeah. are you one sneeze away from being voted out
. >> i worked in the obama transition, you know what we were doing? we were naming our team, an assistant secretary, a senior director for the national security council to deal with russ russia, that turned tout be me. that's what the trump transition team should be focused on. we're to june and they don't have a foreign policy team in place. let alone to know what their policies towards russia should be. >> michael mcfall, thank you very much. >> coming up, the next domino to...
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we need major reforms of a broken criminal justice system and i applaud president obama for taking a pretty bold step and releasing thousands of people nonviolent people from jail. we need those are the kinds of ideas we need -- >> 6,000 there. >> not a small thing. we got more people in jail than any other major country on earth. we spend 80 billion. we're destroying lives. invest in education, invest in jobs, stop sending our kids into jail disproportionately african-american and hispanic. second of all when i talk about making public colleges and universities tuition free it benefits all america and the african-american community and latino community more. when i talk about raising the minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour disproportionately benefits low income workers who happen to be unfortunately black or hispanic. i think my record will speak for itself and as we introduce myself to the african-american and latino communities all over this country, i think you'll see us doing quite well there. >> you spoke for my civil rights group national action, a lot of our delegates didn't kno
we need major reforms of a broken criminal justice system and i applaud president obama for taking a pretty bold step and releasing thousands of people nonviolent people from jail. we need those are the kinds of ideas we need -- >> 6,000 there. >> not a small thing. we got more people in jail than any other major country on earth. we spend 80 billion. we're destroying lives. invest in education, invest in jobs, stop sending our kids into jail disproportionately african-american and...
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nbc national security analyst and assistant to president obama ned price and our panel for of the next 60 months eugene scott. casey, to you because jeff's talking about this hearing went. we know that gene is on the hill today. what's your sense of where this goes? >> i think as far as where the rubber meets the road on capitol hill, it's going to be the red state democrats. we've talked been them in the context of pompeo's meeting. but this is something the white house quite frankly had not been paying terribly close attention to the fight over her nomination as they tried to get pompeo through. >> i think they were definitely more focussed on pompeo. >> they were very focused on that so that kind of let her hang out in the wind a little bit and i think it helps explain behind the scenes why she was saying i don't necessarily need to have this fight, i'm willing to step out of the ring if you want me to. clearly they've changed their tone. but i think the issue for her and what you'll see on wednesday a is a debate over something that we never fully explored after the september 11th
nbc national security analyst and assistant to president obama ned price and our panel for of the next 60 months eugene scott. casey, to you because jeff's talking about this hearing went. we know that gene is on the hill today. what's your sense of where this goes? >> i think as far as where the rubber meets the road on capitol hill, it's going to be the red state democrats. we've talked been them in the context of pompeo's meeting. but this is something the white house quite frankly had...
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this is something that was ended under president obama. one thing to know about executive orders is that often they don't have a ton of teeth. will he be able to find some loopholes around that and try to put some of this in motion himself? >> for more on president trump's call to look into voter fraud, i'm joined by ari melber. let's go to this tweet and the president saying he would launch this investigation. is there any bite behind that tweet? >> i don't know if there's bite but there is no widespread voter fraud. this would be an investigation into something, as you showed in your open, there is no evidence of according to republicans and democrats alike. the study that sean spicer referred to yesterday, speaking not onliy on behalf of the present but on behalfful the united states. as primary author of the report the trump camp cited, i can confurm that report made no findings of voter fraud. there are not any allegations that have been taken seriously. there were about four cases of in-person voter fraud found in the last election.
this is something that was ended under president obama. one thing to know about executive orders is that often they don't have a ton of teeth. will he be able to find some loopholes around that and try to put some of this in motion himself? >> for more on president trump's call to look into voter fraud, i'm joined by ari melber. let's go to this tweet and the president saying he would launch this investigation. is there any bite behind that tweet? >> i don't know if there's bite but...
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spicer say he was vetted under the obama administration. that was not under our purview. any documents related to that are under the obama administration. you heard him making the argument that when they got the request for documents, they effectively told lawmakers to go to the agencies thatouse those documents, effectively saying, hey, we've turned over everything we possibly can. but a lot of follow-ups there, katy, that needed to be asked. number one, what documents exist that are here at the white house? have they turned over all of the documents that relate to michael flynn? spicer has himself made the argument, made the case that michael flynn had a number of conversations on any given day with foreign officials. that's part of the argument you heard officer cummins make that they want to see all those documents. those are presumably the documents that would be up for subpoena. the question, do those documents exist? who has them? those are questions we didn't get to ask in this briefing. this continues to dog the white house, katy,
spicer say he was vetted under the obama administration. that was not under our purview. any documents related to that are under the obama administration. you heard him making the argument that when they got the request for documents, they effectively told lawmakers to go to the agencies thatouse those documents, effectively saying, hey, we've turned over everything we possibly can. but a lot of follow-ups there, katy, that needed to be asked. number one, what documents exist that are here at...
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i am a fan of president obama and president george w. bush. i admire all presidents, regardless of political party that uphold the dignity of the office and use that office to bring the nation together in challenging times. with me now, michael leiter, national security analyst, involved in planning the operation that killed bin laden. it is interesting, mcraven doesn't say president trump in that statement but makes it clear he respects both political parties and leaders that come out of them, as long as they uphold the dignity of the office. seems like there's a notable exception there, that is donald trump. >> there's no doubt. bill has made his views as he always did when he was in government very, very clear. i think bill when he criticizes the president for his attacks on freedom of press is speaking from his heart, speaking from almost four decades, really four decades plus of public service both in the navy and chancellor of university of texas system. honestly, the president's criticism, all of us that served with bill, who know bill,
i am a fan of president obama and president george w. bush. i admire all presidents, regardless of political party that uphold the dignity of the office and use that office to bring the nation together in challenging times. with me now, michael leiter, national security analyst, involved in planning the operation that killed bin laden. it is interesting, mcraven doesn't say president trump in that statement but makes it clear he respects both political parties and leaders that come out of them,...
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the obama administration started to release people from the facilities. now, the way it is being interpreted, is that they have to be separated in order to follow the policy, which is something the obama administration never did before. >> exactly. we'll have to leave it there. we are continuing for the rest of the morning, keeping an eye on attorney general jeff sessions as he makes his remarks. i want to thank nancy and julia, barbara, who all stuck around, as well as jacob soboroff, who have been doing important reporting from the border. we'll end with today's big picture. for it, we'll head to outer space. check it out. german astronaut is watching the world cup from out of this world. he doesn't need a chair. he's chilling. watching his german team from the international space station 250 miles above earth. bad news. your team lost. tough one to mexico. he said the first game is just a dress rehearsal. he'll watch the team try and bounce back. good luck to him. good luck to team mexico. our white house producers cheering for them. love to hear your
the obama administration started to release people from the facilities. now, the way it is being interpreted, is that they have to be separated in order to follow the policy, which is something the obama administration never did before. >> exactly. we'll have to leave it there. we are continuing for the rest of the morning, keeping an eye on attorney general jeff sessions as he makes his remarks. i want to thank nancy and julia, barbara, who all stuck around, as well as jacob soboroff,...